Experience the punishing sonic origins of a punk icon. Collected here for the first time, and skilfully remastered from original board tapes, demos, and session masters, this collection is an authoritative chronicling of the wellspring and maturation of Grant Hart, Greg Norton and Bob Mould—three St. Paul teenagers who’d go on to become the most heralded trio of the American punk underground. Follow the Hüskers to their earliest gigs in 1979, through extensive road dog touring, and to the start of their partnership with West Coast tastemaker SST in 1983.
This primitive stage in the fabled career of Hüsker Dü is presented as a deluxe box set and packaged with a hardbound book crammed full of never before seen photos, flyers, and a sprawling essay with participation from the band. 47 of the 69 songs compiled here are previously unissued. Also included are Statues/Amusement, In A Free Land, Everything Falls Apart, and an alternate recording of the Land Speed Record set.
“We created this blistering wall of sound—bright white radio static with occasional melody.” —Bob Mould.
“It was like rolling down a hill aware of the bumps, but focusing on blowing people’s minds and completely wearing out the audience.”—Grant Hart.
“We didn’t know what hardcore was. We just got up there and played real fast and loud.”—Greg Norton. 1. Side A
1. Do You Remember?
2. Sore Eyes
3. Can’t See You Anymore
4. Picture Of You
5. The Truth Hurts
6. Do The Bee
7. Nuclear Nightmare
8. All I’ve Got To Lose Is You
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Side B
1. Chinese Rocks
2. Uncle Ron
3. Data Control
4. Insects Rule The World
5. You’re Too Obtuse
6. Outside
7. Sexual Economics
8. What Went Wrong? /
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Side C
1. Statues
2. Amusement
3. Writer’s Cramp
4. Let’s Go Die
5. Walk With The Wounded
6. Industrial Grocery Store
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Side D
1. Drug Party
2. Call On Me
3. Termination
4. I’m Tired Of Doing Things
5. Stick It To Me
6. Wheels /
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Side E
1. All Tensed Up
2. Don’t Try To Call
3. I’m Not Interested
4. Guns At My School
5. Push The Button
6. Gilligan’s Island
7. MTC
8. Don’t Have A Life
9. You’re Naïve
10. Strange Week
11. Big Sky
12. Ultracore
13. Let’s Go Die
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Side F
1. Won’t Say A Word
2. Don’t Try It
3. Private Hell
4. Diane
5. Sex Dolls
6. In A Free Land
7. What Do I Want?
8. M.I.C.
9. Target
10. Signals From Above
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4.
Side G
1. From The Gut
2. Blah, Blah, Blah
3. Punch Drunk
4. Bricklayer
5. Afraid Of Being Wrong
6. Sunshine Superman
7. Signals From Above
8. Everything Falls Apart
9. Wheels
10. Target
11. Obnoxious
12. Gravity
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Side H
1. Do You Remember?
2. Travel In Opposite Car
3. It’s Not Funny Anymore
4. Real World
5. Out On A Limb
6. It’s Not Fair